Display device



June 30, 1925.

F. W. GIBSON DISPLAY DEVICE Filed May 12. 1924 Patented June 30, 1925.

UNITED "STATES fear FRANCIS wINaN-s GIBSON, onwnstr RoXBU'nY,massaonnsn'r'rs, ASSIGNOR TOJ-I.

BEACH COMPANY, or COSI-IOCTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION or OHIO.

EN OFFICE.

' DISPLAY DEVICE.

Application filed May 12,

To all whom 2 1/ may concern:

a citizen of the United States, residing at lVest Roxbury, county ofSuffolk, Commonweziith of Massachusetts. here invented certain new anduseful improvements in a specification. a

Display Devices, of which the following is This invention relates todisplay signs and is particularly intended to display the prices ofmerchandise on sale. lVith certain classes of merchandise, the pricevaries practically from day to day, and hence it is desirable that thesign shall not only be readily legible but that the individual numberplates displayed shall he interchangeable so that price fluctuations maybe instantly and conveniently indicated. Preferably, such a sign shouldbe mounted in juxtaposition to the goods themselves and should bevisible from both directions so as to convey'the desired information tothe largest number of possible purchasers.

To the end, therefore, of providing a sign which will embody theforegoing desiderata and which at the same time will be simple andinexpensive of manufacture and in which the individual number plates maybe conveniently interchanged as occasion demands, I have devised mypresent invention. According to it, I provide a slotted bracket armwhich is formed at one end to accommodate a comparatively wide range ofdifferent sizes of mounting supports and at its other (and is providedwith a slot within which the suspension flanges of two spaced sets oflongitudinally alined overlapping number plates may be inserted. Thisarrangement suspends the two sets of number plates in convenientlylegible relation to the goods on sale, and the slot is wide enough andlong enough to accommodate two individual sets of number plates arrangedin proper relative sequence so that the same set of niunerals may beexposed from two opposite directions.

The construction and manner of use of my sign, together with a selectedembodiment thereof which well illustrates the principles involved, isdescribed and shown in the accompanying specification and drawings, andthe characteristic features of now elty are particularly pointed out inthe appended claims. Throughout the specification and drawings, likereference characters 1924:. Serial No. 712,607.

I are employed to indicate corresponding Be it known that I, FRANCISGIBSON, v

parts. In the drawings:

Fi e. 1 and 2 are elevations from 0330- v site s des of a signmaccordancewlth my invention.

Fig. 3 isa plan-viewthereof. Fig. 4: is a 'SGCillOll on the line 4-4 ofn duplicate arms which are bent at. their outer:

ends to provide slot 3ofthe desired width and length and are riveted orotherwise secured together at the extremities of said slot as indicatedat l. At their inner ends the arms 1 and 2 are bent into substantiallyV- shape so as to define agenerally rectangular opening 5 for thereception of a mounting support S to which said arms may be bolted asindicated at 6.

The number plates 7 are duplicate in construction, and each consists ofa flat display panel from the upper end of which depends a supportingflange 8 adapted to enter the slot 3 defined by the armsof the bracket.The lower edge of each plateis preferably upturned as indicated at 9 toprovide a smooth rounded edge. f

In the form of my invention shown in the drawings, the slot 3 is of alength and width sufficient to accommodate two pairs of number plates,one pair at eachside of the bracket arm. In use the four number platesbearing the desired set of numerals are mounted on the bracket arm intheir 1 proper relative sequence by inserting their suspension flanges 8in the slot 3. This positions the number plates as two reverselyarranged sets displaying the same numerals from opposite sides of thebracket arm, the suspension flanges of the individual plates bearingagainst each other and serving to anchor the plates against relativemovement in the slot and the adjacent vertical edges of each set ofplates slightly overlapping each other so as to give the effect of a continuous flange at the bottom edges of the plates. I

Various modifications in the form and construction of my device mayobviously be resorted to without departing from the spirit of myinvention if Within the limits legend-bearing vplates .having ,each aSusi-w pension flange bent: downwardly :from its. upper edge andinserted in said slot of the bracket and concealing both facesyoi thebracket included by said plates, the plates of one set being spacedapart from the plates of the other set bythe thickness of theintervening -Wal1s of the slot and-all plates in each set being disposedin-longitudinal alignment with {each otherlongitudinally of 5 fromeither sid'e of the bracket.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature the-'brackt-so*a'stopresent'the effect of'a continuous one-piece plate when "iewed fromeither side-of the bracket; I 2. AJpr1cesign comprising a pair ofbracket arms bent at one'end to provide a mounting clamp; and beyondsaid clamp continuous "'loi rgitudin ally extending slot,

bracket included by said "plates, the plates,

ofone-set being spaced apart from the plates of the other set by thethickness of the inter veningarm's-either bracket and all plates in eachset being disposed in longitudinal alignment with each otherlongitudinally of thebracliet so as to;present the-"effect of acontinuous one 'piece 11 plate =when viewed in presence of two-WitnessesFRANCIS \VINANS"GI BSON.

' \Vitnesses:

MARIAN F: -mss, ELSIE F.- DYERLR; I

